Around the world #35

Cho Ben Thanh Market

Add : Intersection of Le Loi, Ham Nghi, Tran Hung Dao Avenues and Le Lai Street, Bến Thành, Vietnam, for your information (:

Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh

7 Day 6 Night | Cho Ben Thanh | Day 1.1

Though we were both moody while waiting for the taxi service to call and han had to call back home to inform his mum that he had lost his card on the first day of our trip.

We decided to go out for a walk and be happy since we are finally travelling after so long. The first stop that we went was the famous Ben Thanh Market. It was just a 5 min short walk from Hoang Hai Long Hotel. There are 4 Entrance/Exit from all sides so do take note the store nearby if you need to go back to the same place when going back.

The entrance that we went in from was a wet market where the local buy meat and vegetables.

Into the main hall (:

There was lots little booths that cluster together to form a small district that sells the same item. Such as clothes, handicraft, leather goods, souvenirs and food. We tried to walk around to look for some goods to buy but every store owner kept on pulling my hand and shouting to promote their stuff. Such a horrible experience, this place is like a tourist trap where everything are slightly more expensive unless you are extremely good at haggling.

Many pretty clothes can be found here (: